"You were the best one in your row." -- Bill Murray to Ru-Pei Yeh, quoting his character in Ghostbusters

Ru-Pei's journey to the New York Philharmonic began when she made a deal with her dad as a six-year-old growing up in Taiwan: if she continued studying cello through sixth grade, she could then choose to keep going or quit.

Watch her Q & A video above to find out what happened! (Take a wild guess.) Ru-Pei also shares the story of meeting Bill Murray at a Philharmonic concert abroad, how she found her cello, and which cello section she thinks is the best in the world.

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